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1School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
|October 15, 2013
Abstract:
A new study shows a leftward asymmetry of the choroid plexus in two-thirds of first-trimester human fetuses. This is the earliest brain asymmetry so far identified and may be a precursor to other asymmetries, including that of the temporal planum, which is evident from the 31st week of gestation.
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